<div class="gmail_quote"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="color:red;font-family:"sans-serif"">Do not reply to this email, contact </span><font color="#ff0000">Janet Huseby</font> <a href="mailto:janethuseby@berkeley.net" target="_blank">janethuseby@berkeley.net</a></span></p>
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</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span> </span>Below are important clarifications for incoming
student Math Placement. Please note, the information below does not apply to currently enrolled (9-11th grade) BHS students.<br>
<span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><br></span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span></span>1.<b> King, Longfellow and
Willard</b> students will <b>not</b> take a
standard math test. The placement will be based on class work and regular
tests as well as teacher recommendation. However, King, Longfellow and Willard students who want to take
Honors at the high school must take an Honors test after school. Longfellow April 12;
Willard April 16; King, April 17. <b>For
Honors Math test, please bring a scientific calculator</b>. </p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt" class="MsoNormal">2.
<b>New-to-BUSD student</b>s must take a standard test (one hour long) math placement test. If they wish to take Honors Math, they must take an additional 45 minute Honors test offered immediatly after the standard test. The standard (and Honors) test will be offered on April 10, April 18 and
May 9 at 3 p.m. in the BHS library. There is no need to sign up ahead of
time. <b>No calculator for standard test.<span>
</span>For Honors, please bring a scientific calculator</b>. Everyone bring pencils.<br></p>
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<span> </span>Below is the original posting with
corrections.<br>
1. <b>Math placement will be determined by
teacher recommendation, grades in current math class, and, for new-to-BUSD
students, a math placement test</b>. All students who are interested
in enrolling in an honors math level will take an additional honors math test.
The general test for new-to-BUSD is approximately one hour long. The honors
math test is an additional 45 minutes. Please bring a scientific calculator for the Honors test. <br>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt" class="MsoNormal">2. New-to-BUSD
students will take both the general test and the honors test in the Berkeley
High School library on April 10, April 18, or May 9 at 3 p.m. There is no need
to sign up for the test. Please bring a scientific calculator for the Honors test.<br></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt" class="MsoNormal">3. The
honors test will be offered after school for current BUSD middle school
students on April 12 (Longfellow), April 16 (Willard) and April 17 (King). Please bring a scientific calculator for the Honors test. <br>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt" class="MsoNormal">4. <b>Content on the Math Placement Test:</b> the
Algebra content covered by the placement test is the California content
standards for Algebra 1 which can be found online at: </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt" class="MsoNormal"><u><a href="http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/" target="_blank">http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/</a>
sr/documents/rtqalg1.pdf<br>
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</u></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt" class="MsoNormal">5. <b>Teacher recommendation for math placement</b>: King, Willard and Longfellow students do not have to ask their teacher to submit a
recommendation. The teachers will do so automatically. We are
asking New to BUSD students to forward the link below to their child’s current
math teacher in order to fill out a short questionnaire and to make a math
placement <span> </span>recommendation: <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/9thGradePlacement" target="_blank">https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/9thGradePlacement</a><br>
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